Opening up Photoshop or GIMP just to crop an image is silly. Those powerful tools are great, but sometimes you just need a simple program. Here's how to do some of the most common edits with simple, free, online tools. »3/17/15 8:00am 3/17/15 8:00am

Over six months ago, I stopped using Adobe Photoshop and switched to the open source alternative, GIMP, for all my personal photography projects. This wasn't the impossible task that most people believe it is. »3/26/14 2:00pm 3/26/14 2:00pm

Adobe Photoshop is the market leader when it comes to photo retouching, image editing, or even creating new images from scratch. However, for most people's uses, it may just be too many features to wade through, too much money to spend, or too complicated to use. Thankfully, there are plenty of powerful alternatives… »12/15/13 8:00am 12/15/13 8:00am

This week on the podcast we're powering up your brain, making your online life more secure with two-factor authentication, and figuring out why everyone's pissed at Twitter. Also, we're answering your questions about home automation, Linux on Macs, and a diet that actually helps you put on weight. »8/30/12 5:00pm 8/30/12 5:00pm

OS X: GIMP is a fantastic free alternative to Photoshop for all desktop operating systems, but on Mac it was a bit of a pain to set it up, because you needed to install X11. Gimp now, however, comes with a standard DMG installer. »8/29/12 9:30am 8/29/12 9:30am

Windows/Linux: The free image editing tool GIMP has received a big update to version 2.8 that includes an overhaul to the interface and makes it a bit easier to use and navigate windows. It also comes packed with a bunch of bug fixes, a new layer groups option, and new dock window management. »5/07/12 7:00am 5/07/12 7:00am

You can do just about anything to an image with Photoshop, but if you don't have the cash to shell out, free program the GIMP—available for Windows, Linux, and OS X—can take you pretty far. Here are our favorite Photoshop how-tos that also work in the GIMP. »12/03/11 8:00am 12/03/11 8:00am

MakeUseOf.com has an instructive tutorial on creating a custom background image for those who have their own YouTube channel. If you're trying to draw viewers to your videos content is king, but it helps to have nice design. »8/28/11 4:00pm 8/28/11 4:00pm

The magic of digital cameras have freed us from dusty and scratched photos, but old photos can carry a lot of damage. Eric Goodnight over at the How-To Geek shares a few tips for repairing old photos. »5/11/11 2:00pm 5/11/11 2:00pm

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Whether it's for the upcoming Halloween festivities or any celebration year round, custom wrappers are a clever way to liven up candy-giving. You don't need to get them professionally made, though—you can make your own right in any picture editor. »10/23/10 8:00am 10/23/10 8:00am

Linux only (maybe): The free, open-source image editor, GIMP, uses multiple windows for its tools and dialogs, but they're getting combined into a single window in a future release. Impatient types can combine everything right now, though, with a Python script. »9/30/10 5:00am 9/30/10 5:00am

Windows/Linux: Look ahead to what's being baked into open-source image editor GIMP's 2.7 with an early beta release. The developers tell you right in the installation process that it's "unstable," and even make you promise with a checkbox not to bug them if things go wrong. Still, if you're eager to see smoother,… »8/28/09 7:00am 8/28/09 7:00am

Long gone are the days where snapshots came back from the photo lab and disappeared into albums and shoe boxes. Now, digital photos are tweaked, adjusted, and remixed in ways their analog counterparts couldn't imagine. »4/05/09 9:00am 4/05/09 9:00am